Respiratory parameters predict poor outcome in COPD patients, category GOLD 2017 B.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory parameters are important predictors of prognosis in the COPD population. Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017 Update resulted in a vertical shift of patients across COPD categories, with category B being the most populous and clinically heterogeneous. The aim of our study was to investigate whether respiratory parameters might be associated with increased all-cause mortality within GOLD category B patients.

Methods

The data were extracted from the Czech Multicentre Research Database, a prospective, noninterventional multicenter study of COPD patients. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were performed at different levels of respiratory parameters (partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood [PaO₂], partial pressure of arter

SUBMITTER: Brat K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5877495 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature